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Are they actually updating some of the old UI this time? Usually they just add a new version of some UI, with less features than the original, so you often have

Are they actually updating some of the old UI this time? Usually they just add a new version of some UI, with less features than the original, so you often have to dig back through layers of Windows versions to find the option you want.

Arrath 5y ago
I feel like an archeologist, digging through a Win10 setting panel, to get to a Win7 style, that links down to an XP style dialog where I can actually change what I want.
- HWR_14 5y ago
  You don't happen to have that chain documented, do you?
  - Arrath 5y ago
    Usually, in the 'modern' panels, either scroll to the bottom or look for 'related settings' on the far right and go from there. I am most familiar with the sound panel, as I keep having to tweak my inputs and outputs cause windows likes to forget I don't want sound coming out of the speakers, for example. Right click on the volume widget in the tray next to the clock -> sound settings -> related settings pane, "Sound Control Panel". This gets you the tried and true sound control panel we know and love. You can also short circuit this, by selecting "sounds" from the right click menu on the volume widget, as this brings you to the same XP era sound control panel, just on the sounds tab rather than playback or recording. Its all such a mess.
  - saratogacx 5y ago
    There are many. Here are a couple. To Windows XP style Settings -> Searching Windows -> Indexer Options -> Advanced Options -> Index Location [Select new] To Windows 2k/9x holdovers. Settings -> Network and Internet -> Ethernet => Networking and Sharing Center -> Network Connections -> *Any connection
duxup 5y ago
At least from what I've seen I get the feeling they're trying to go towards a unified UI / eliminate as much of the X types of UI... sorta. Unfortunately it doesn't seem like they're making better choices.

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Are they actually updating some of the old UI this time? Usually they just add a new version of some UI, with less features than the original, so you often have

by CursedUrn 5y ago

Arrath 5y ago
I feel like an archeologist, digging through a Win10 setting panel, to get to a Win7 style, that links down to an XP style dialog where I can actually change what I want.
- HWR_14 5y ago
  You don't happen to have that chain documented, do you?
  - Arrath 5y ago
    Usually, in the 'modern' panels, either scroll to the bottom or look for 'related settings' on the far right and go from there. I am most familiar with the sound panel, as I keep having to tweak my inputs and outputs cause windows likes to forget I don't want sound coming out of the speakers, for example. Right click on the volume widget in the tray next to the clock -> sound settings -> related settings pane, "Sound Control Panel". This gets you the tried and true sound control panel we know and love. You can also short circuit this, by selecting "sounds" from the right click menu on the volume widget, as this brings you to the same XP era sound control panel, just on the sounds tab rather than playback or recording. Its all such a mess.
  - saratogacx 5y ago
    There are many. Here are a couple. To Windows XP style Settings -> Searching Windows -> Indexer Options -> Advanced Options -> Index Location [Select new] To Windows 2k/9x holdovers. Settings -> Network and Internet -> Ethernet => Networking and Sharing Center -> Network Connections -> *Any connection
duxup 5y ago
At least from what I've seen I get the feeling they're trying to go towards a unified UI / eliminate as much of the X types of UI... sorta. Unfortunately it doesn't seem like they're making better choices.